Another internet troll facing jail

Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one, to
delete their messages. Today, they are all gone — though I, and
several others, took copies of them, in case they feel tempted to
strike again.
People who do not have Twitter and Facebook accounts may be rather
mystified by all of this. Meanwhile, those who do may wonder why I
have dared to risk further online abuse by describing my experience
here.

The answer is two-fold. One is that I believe bullying will never stop
unless there is a concerted effort from the top to confront it, and
that while any school continues to appear to condone its own smug cult
that will not happen. Second, if you haven’t experienced bullying, you
have no idea what a scar it leaves on the soul. Just because I learnt
how to use my rage in creative, positive ways, writing novels, doesn’t
mean that it’s not there.

Connecting with readers and writers through the web can be one of the
greatest delights of 21st-century life, as Twitter and Facebook host a
vast virtual conversation, in which people share views and exchange
ideas about everything, from trivial thoughts to breaking news. But
more and more bloggers and writers are complaining about the
intimidating attacks made on them.
Caroline Farrow, a vicar’s wife and mother-of-three who blogs for the
Catholic Voices website, recently revealed she receives at least five
sexually threatening emails a day.

One of the least offensive read: ‘You’re gonna scream when you get
yours. F*****g slag. Butter wouldn’t f*****g melt, and you’ll cry rape
when you get what you’ve asked for. Bitch.’ That anybody can get away
with writing in such a horrific manner to another human being beggars
belief — but, thankfully, the law is slowly catching up.

The Police Central e-Crime Unit is responsible for investigating
malicious communications. For example, a man of 60 has been charged
with sending threatening Twitter messages to MP Louise Mensch.

Perhaps the threat of arrest, a criminal record and punishment will
help the bullies think twice. For the victim, an abusive Twitter
message or email is no different from receiving verbal abuse, or
getting a poison-pen letter.

For the bully, though, there is one key difference: although they
think the internet affords them anonymity, every message can be traced
back to a location and a specific computer. Cyberbullies would do well
to remember


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...-bullying.html

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Simon Mason

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
...
Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,

You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.

Mr Benn wrote:

"Simon Mason" wrote in message

...
Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,

You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.

Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

--
Paul - xxx
"You know, all I wanna do is race .. and all I wanna do is win"
Mark Cavendish, World Champion 2011.

On 01/12/2011 14:07, Paul - xxx wrote:

Mr Benn wrote:
"Simon wrote:

Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,

You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.

Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

There was absolutely no indication of that in what he posted and no way to
discern it except by clicking on the link he provided.

It simply read as though he had written it, which as I am sure you will
agree, is very poor editing practice.

On Dec 1, 2:07*pm, "Paul - xxx" wrote:
Mr Benn wrote:
"Simon Mason" wrote in message

...
Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,

You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.

Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

--
Paul - xxx
"You know, all I wanna do is race .. and all I wanna do is win"
Mark Cavendish, World Champion 2011.

It's OK, Paul.
Some people will use any excuse for a dig.

--
Simon Mason

JNugent wrote:

On 01/12/2011 14:07, Paul - xxx wrote:

Mr Benn wrote:
"Simon wrote:

Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by
one,

You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.

Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

There was absolutely no indication of that in what he posted and no
way to discern it except by clicking on the link he provided.

It simply read as though he had written it, which as I am sure you
will agree, is very poor editing practice.

I agree it's probably not good editing practice, but neither is
shouting one's mouth off saying someone should keep their gob shut
without even giving it even a cursory glance.

I thought it was pretty obviously not Simons 'style'.

--
Paul - xxx
"You know, all I wanna do is race .. and all I wanna do is win"
Mark Cavendish, World Champion 2011.

On Dec 1, 2:33*pm, JNugent wrote:
On 01/12/2011 14:07, Paul - xxx wrote:

Mr Benn wrote:
"Simon *wrote:
Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,
You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.
Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

There was absolutely no indication of that in what he posted and no way to
discern it except by clicking on the link he provided.

It simply read as though he had written it, which as I am sure you will
agree, is very poor editing practice.

It was pretty obvious. The mere presence of the link was a dead give
away for a start.

MBQ

On Dec 1, 4:20*pm, "Man at B&Q" wrote:
On Dec 1, 2:33*pm, JNugent wrote:

On 01/12/2011 14:07, Paul - xxx wrote:

Mr Benn wrote:
"Simon *wrote:
Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,
You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.
Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

There was absolutely no indication of that in what he posted and no way to
discern it except by clicking on the link he provided.

It simply read as though he had written it, which as I am sure you will
agree, is very poor editing practice.

It was pretty obvious. The mere presence of the link was a dead give
away for a start.

MBQ

Some people obviously need spoonfeeding.

--
Simon Mason

On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:33:49 +0000, JNugent
wrote:

On 01/12/2011 14:07, Paul - xxx wrote:

Mr Benn wrote:
"Simon wrote:

Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,

You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.

Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

There was absolutely no indication of that in what he posted and no way to
discern it except by clicking on the link he provided.

It simply read as though he had written it, which as I am sure you will
agree, is very poor editing practice.

Indeed.

On 01/12/2011 16:20, Man at B&Q wrote:
On Dec 1, 2:33 pm, wrote:
On 01/12/2011 14:07, Paul - xxx wrote:

Mr Benn wrote:
"Simon wrote:
Alarmed by this unexpected challenge, the trolls began, one by one,
You would be better off keeping your gob shut for a change.
Simon hasn't said a word, he's posted an article from a webpage ...

There was absolutely no indication of that in what he posted and no way to
discern it except by clicking on the link he provided.

It simply read as though he had written it, which as I am sure you will
agree, is very poor editing practice.

It was pretty obvious. The mere presence of the link was a dead give
away for a start.

Er... no. It wasn't.

http://tinyurl.com/dy4b5qk

See what I mean?